Redheaded Sperm Donors Told "No Thank You"

Here's some news you don't hear every day: Cryos, the world's largest sperm bank, has stopped accepting "deposits" from redheaded donors. According to the bank's director, they have plenty of stock and not enough demand, so they're turning ginger donor dads away. Cryos, which is based in Denmark but ships its stock all over the world, has plenty of Irish clients who want redheaded donors, but otherwise, the demand is highest for brunettes with brown eyes (infertile couples apparently choose donors who look like them and the bank has a large customer base in Spain, Italy, and Greece).

We'd never presume to tell parents who are shopping around for half their babies' genetic material what they should be looking for, but we'd like to make a case for more redheads. (And yes, we know red hair is a recessive trait, but we're not going to belabor this celebration of redheads with any in-depth explanation of Mendelian genetics.) Auburn hair is the rarest out there, and we all need something to make us stand out. Red hair would automatically do the trick. Case in point: The gorgeous Christina Hendricks. Or think about Prince Harry—he's definitely the Windsor with the best hair, don't you think?